Richard Lee (engineer)

Sir Richard Lee (1513–1575) was a military engineer in the service of Henry VIII of England, Edward VI and Elizabeth I. He was a commander of Henry VIII and appointed surveyor of the King's works. Lee was member of parliament for Hertfordshire in 1545.[1] He was the first English engineer to be knighted.[2]

  1. ^ D.F. Coros, 'Lee, Sir Richard (1501/2-75), of Sopwell, Herts', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (Boydell and Brewer, 1982), History of Parliament Online.
  2. ^ White, Lynn Jr., Medieval Religion and Technology, p. 162, University of California Press, 1978